Quotes About Adventure

She had the best kind of courage, or maybe the worst kind, the kind that gets you into trouble.

The Major Smiths of this world don't drive over the edge of a cliff. Quotation from the future Mrs. Schaffer. The Major Smiths of this world don't fall off the roofs of cable cars. Quotation from the future Mrs. Schaffer's future husband.

Don't think about jumping, Iggy. We're going about seventy, and despite my orders, we're on our way to Puebla. So keep your ass glued in the goddamn seat.

Come with me now and leave the land of Pelops, mighty sons of Zeus and Leda, and in kindness spread your light on us, Kastor and Polydeukes. You who wander above the long earth and over all the seas on swift horses, easily delivering mariners from pitiful death, fly to the masthead of our swift ship, and gazing over foremast and forstays, light a clear path through the midnight gloom for our black vessel.

Unlike her, nothing had yet happened to him.

I sing of arms and of a man…

Skydivers are people who enjoy falling down.

We do not deceive ourselves that we are engaging in an activity that is anything but debilitating, dangerous, euphoric, kinesthetic, expensive, frivolously essential, economically useless and totally without redeeming social significance. One should not probe for deeper meanings.

Life is full of risks. The trick is to know which ones are worth taking.

This is the natural next step for you. Or are you going to be satisfied running around the country solving crimes like Nancy Drew on steroids?

Trouble finds us, Sean. That doesn't mean we shouldn't go away. Hawaii, maybe. What's the homicide rate in Hawaii? Probably low. It's too pretty a place for people to be violent.

It would be some joke to win through all these perils, only to drop dead of exhaustion within sight of Haven.

We don't owe nobody nuthin', and we don't make no deals, we're swingin' chicks on motors, and we're man-eaters on wheels!

Most little girls in England grow up wanting to marry a prince. Bex grew up wanting to kick James Bond's butt and assume his double-0 ranking.

Thanks to you, Gabs, we just figured out a half dozen ways not to rob the Henley.

Just so you know Gallagher Girl,' he whispered softly, 'I'm going to kiss you now.

How'd you get in here?" She raised her eyebrows. "You pick pockets." Kat watched his hand fly to his back pocket. "I can pick locks. Looking for this?" she asked, holding up his wallet. "Oops. Maybe I can pick pockets too.

I'm someone who doesn't have anything to lose.

Oh.' I shot upright. 'I was in Mongolia.' Note to self: learn to be a less extreme liar.

Hey anyone who thinks a non-military–grade rappelling cable can support the weight of two grown men and a miniature donkey deserves to fall off a cliff.

Tell me, Cameron Ann Morgan, what do you want to be when you grow up?" "Alive.

Kat!" Gabrielle hissed. "You're going to get caught." The smile Kat flashed over her shoulder was almost wicked. "I know.

You know" - Hale's breath was warm against Kat's ear in the chilly ballroom- "I don't know that both of us really have to be here...." The slide changed. While hundreds of mathematicians waited with baited breath, the boy beside Kat whispered, "I could go make some calls... check on some things..." "Play some blackjack?" "Well, when in Rome..." "Rome is tomorrow, babe," Kat reminded him. He nodded. "Right.

Now I know that, from this point on, we'll be the ones doing the chasing. And Iike it.